Skirt support and lifter.



T. SGH-ULLHORN. SKIRT SUPPORT AND LIFTER.

APPLICATION EILBD SEPT. 20. 1904.

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' PATBNTED MAR. 20, 1906.

UNITED STATES- PATENT. OFF Ion. a, THOMAS'sOHOLLHORN, F NEUSTADT-ON-THE-HARDT, GERMANf I sKlhT SUPPORT ND LIFTER.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed september 20, 1904. Se'rialNo. 225,262.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SonoLLHoR .a citizen of the German Empire, residing at 28 Frobelstrasse, Neustadt-on-the-Hardt,

- to holdup a woman s gown in walking.

From similar devices known my belt is marked by an arrangement of cords connecting the .belt with the garment, the said cords being placed behind, and thus concealed by the latter. Moreover, it permits a tying up of the gown all around the body to any desired height or of the back portion of the garment only, as may be desired.

My invention is illustrated on the draw ing herewith, in which-' Figure lshows the cords have been drawn up; Fig. 3 the same withall the cords drawn up. Fig. 41's aview partially in full and partially in section with cords depending. Fig. 5 a cross-section of the belt on the line A A of Fig. 4; and'Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a modification of my improvement, showing a portion of a belt, 7

where the position for the guides of the cords hereinafter referred to is somewhat different from that shownin the other figures.

My belt may be made of any suitable materialsuch as leather, silk, cloth, or any fabricvand has inside a passage (1, Figs. 5and 6, the sides I) 0 being kept apart by strips (1 of felt, leather, or other material. Within the said passage a of the belt there are provided guides e, of metal,;whalebone,' horn, or

other suitable material, over which the sev--.

eral drawing-cords are guided. They may be small rollers or rivets or plugs or of any other suitable shape. The'drawing-cords f, which may be provided in any number, five having been selected in the examples illustratedby the drawings herewith, are passed by one end each outward through corresponding perforations in the belt. These free. ends are looped or provided with hooks, eyes, pressbuttons, or other suitable fastening devices g, by which they may be fastened to corresponding buttons, hooks, eyes, or other devices, provided in suitable places beneath the belt in extended posi tion with cords depending all ready for use.;

Fig.2 represents a'belt in which some of the garment. portions maybe passed farther through small apertures or eyes provided in suitable places in the gown, preferably in the waistband QLQQ the same, before they are joined to the aforesaid fastening devices. Also the other ends of the cords may be passed outward through suitable holes h and connected with clamps,

plates, or buckles i, adapted to slide upon the 6 5 said belt. On beingmade to slide toward the ends of the belt, or, better, toward the end fixtures or joints 7c, they take the cords along, and when the ends are fastened to the gown they are drawn toward the belt, or

shortened, and thus the gown is drawn up.

The sliding buckles may also be provided in such way that when they movetoward the ,ends of the belt they unite with the joints 7c, as'if they would form coherent parts with the 7 5 latter.

On the belt there may be provided small elevations or springs Z, upon which the slide-buckles are moved and are by them retained in the desired position.

The free ends of the cords having been passedthrough the apertures provided in the own, the girdle is laid around'the waist and astened by means of the joints 7c. The eyes or other fastening devices 9, provided on the said suspending free ends, are connected with- 8 5 the corresponding 'contrivances secured to the inside of the gown, and the latter may now be lifted, though the girdle serves still as an ordinary waist-belt as long as the said pglllled by means of the aforeo I cords are not said s iding buc es '1 If it is desired to lift the garments, those two of the sliding pieces '1', which are nearest to the ends of thebelt are moved toward their joints 7c, and thereby those of the cords which are connected with the back and side portions of the gown are pulled (see Fig. 2) and the back or train of the garment is raised and retained in the raised position until'the aforesaid slidingbuckles i are moved back. By moving the rest of the I00 sliding buckles asdescribed, changing their position as shown in Fig. 2 to that representedflin Fig. 3, the remaining cords f, shown in Fig. 2 as depending from the belt, are pulled u wardly to the position shown in Fig. 3, and 10 5 t ereby the front of the garment is also drawn up, the gownbeing now all around equally and evenly sustained in elevated position so far as maybe desired and without exhibiting the cords or their connection with the'gown.

All or a number of the said cords may be operated at one time or each may be moved 7 Patented March 20, 1966. i

'For this purpose those outside- 1 separately and independent from the others, in which case there would have to be provided a special sliding buckle for each cord, while in the former case it is preferable to connect each buckle with a number of such cords.

The inconvenient and even injurious clips used in other devices for holding up gowns arehin my construction entirely dispensed wit What I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a dress-belt with a device for lifting and holding up a womans gown, the said belt being provided with a passage in which there are passed cords over devices permitting their gliding over the same, one end of the said cords being secured to a clamp or buckle sliding on the said b'e1t,both the cord and the sliding piece moving with each other, while the other ends of the said cords are suspended from the belt behind the gown and are provided with means to fasten them to corresponding contrivances secured to the garment, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a dress-belt with a device for raising and holding up a womans gown, the said belt being provided with a passage in which there are passed cords over devices permitting their gliding over the same, one end of each cord being secured to a sliding clamp or buckle permitting a movement of each cord with each buckle inde pendent from the other cords and buckles, while the other ends of the said cords are suspended from the belt behind the gown and are provided with means to fasten them to corresponding contrivances secured to the garment, substantially as described 3. The combination of a dress-belt with a device for raising and holding up a womans gown, the said belt being provided with a passage in which there are passed cords over devices permitting their gliding over the same, one end of the said cords being secured to a clamp or buckle sliding on the said belt, both the cords and the sliding pieces moving with each other, a common sliding buckle being provided for each group of such cords permitting a simultaneous movement and pull ing of each group, while the other ends of the said cords are suspending from the belt behind the gown and are provided with means to fasten them to corresponding contrivances secured to the garment, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a dress-belt with a device for raising and holding up a womans gown as hereinabove described and comprising a plurality of cords having attaching devices on one end and buckles at the other end, the outside of the said belt being provided with elevations upon which the aforesaid sliding buckles will rest in their movement and be retained, by the resistance of the said elevations, in a desired position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS SCHOLLHORN.

Witnesses:

MIoHAEL ZIMMERMANN, FRIEDRICH SCHAEDLER. 

